"Les bâtiments sont grands."

Translation: The buildings are big.

[aademol]

What is the difference between " bâtiment" and "immeuble".?

[CherylFont1]

Check out this link:
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/b%C3%A2timent-immeuble-%C3%A9difice.315148/

Basically bâtiment is a more general word for building. An immeuble is a particular type of building, an office or apartment building, usually a high-rise.

[--Roody--]

Des immeubles de Paris:

www.google.com/search?q=immeuble+paris&tbm=isch&client=ms-android-metropcs-us&prmd=nimv&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwiZ1_rR54LgAhUPa6wKHUu8An0QrNwCegQIARBI&biw=360&bih=560

[mcbain666]

So is batiments really used for both buildings and ships? Which is most frequent?

[jjmackk]

The most used for that term is buildings, ships is usually naivre

[hiking]

"The ships are big" is wrong. Anyone know why?

[MarcelloGi3]

Apparently ships can be yellow but not big.... -.-

[gtmckee]

Is there any way of telling when 'grand' means 'big' and when it means 'tall'?

[Rahim48]

i imagine you'd have to look at the context; in this case 'tall' seems more appropriate than 'big'

[Iris.Mountain]

I think you are right about the context, but it is still debatable which is more relevant. For example, a 100,000 sq. ft. supermarket would be a big building. However, a 40 floor high rise would be a tall building.
Just my thoughts.

[JoyceGee1]

I agree but was marked wrong for tall.

[--Roody--]

Tall is accepted.

[CharlotteMertz]

Is there a way to differentiate whether "batiments" is referring to ships or buildings without further context?

[sfishlock]

Am I the only one who thinks it sounds like "vetements" in this audio ?

[nectarivorous]

Just you. :) vêtements has only two syllables when spoken, bâtiments has three. Vêtements sounds more like 'vet-mob', IMO

[RayanDahir]

I did: The ships are big. They said it is wrong. They said BATIMENT can mean ships, buildings or trade buildings.

[Anne49700]

''The tall buildings'' was marked incorrect. I find this inconsistent with previous looked for answers.

[Isaiah374350]

Knowing Jamaican patois, I'll always think of 'battyman' whenever i hear this

[LeFant0meCach3]

I find this funny because I watched Ali G and he tries to appropriate Jamaican culture all through the movie so I know what that means...

[damoestice]

Were any Jamaicans confused by this sentence?

[DellOfForochel]

The buildings are big. Not in a town with a population of approximately 7500.

[godzilla88]

"building" in English can be singular or plural

[Carte_Blanche66]

In English, we often say "grand buildings". Can this sentence be translated as "The buildings are grand"?

[davemonsieur]

I wrote the same answer!

[Ella_Arul]

Welcome to New York

[UltimateMaskMan]

okay wait a minute..............duolingo is a bit idiotic since they don't know the difference between big and huge..........................aren't they the same thing..................PLZ REPLY

[--Roody--]

No, big and huge are not the same. Huge is bigger than big. Huge is almost as big as ginormous.

[LeFant0meCach3]

And fast is not as fast as ludicrous which doesn't even begin to come close to plaid..

[DenisBouch7]

Big or tall?

[FREESHAVACADOES]

it could be "the building is huge" i don't see what the difference is